New Range Rover Velar

The fourth member of the Range Rover family, Velar will provide a vital plug for the gap between the Evoque and Range Rover Sport.

Built on Jaguar Land Rover’s IQ platform, also used for the F-Pace, at JLR’s Solihull plant, using an aluminium-intensive body, the Velar shares the same 2,874mm wheelbase but is slightly longer and narrower than the F-Pace. It also offers a 632-litre luggage compartment including a reduced-section spare wheel as standard.

Engine line-up bring six powertrains. The entry-level option is the 180hp 2.0-litre Ingenium diesel with CO2 emissions from 142g/km – a 240hp version of the same four-cylinder unit is also offered along with a 300hp V6 diesel that delivers 700Nm of torque with CO2 emissions of 167g/km.

Petrols include the new 250hp four-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine, with a 300hp version to arrive later in the year, plus the range-topping 380hp supercharged 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine.

All engines are married up to the ZF eight-speed automatic transmission and feature all-wheel drive.

The new model will live up to the Range Rover all-terrain promise, with ground clearance of up to 251mm, wading depth of up to 650mm and Land Rover’s suite of traction technologies including the optional Terrain Response 2 and All Terrain Progress Control. It also offers towing capacity of up to 2,500kg complemented by the optional Advanced Tow Assist function.

Suspension uses a double-wishbone front- and Integral Link rear set-up and there’s also four-corner air suspension available along with Adaptive Dynamics damping technology and the Torque Vectoring by Braking (TVB) system.

Advanced driver assistance systems include Autonomous Emergency Braking with pedestrian detection, Adaptive Cruise Control with Queue Assist and an Adaptive Speed Limiter.

The Range Rover Velar goes on sale in mid-July in the UK and Europe and in over 170 markets worldwide.